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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs an act of neighborly politeness.

The incident happened at around 11 p.m. on Sunday. The person who shot the gun, who was identified as 30-year-old Caleb Bean, reported to 911 that he had accidentally discharged his firearm while attempting to cycle the action of his rifle, and that the bullet traveled through the ceiling of his apartment and struck a woman in the unit above his.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

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Republican Thought Police, One More Time 0

Rick Strom tries to make sense of the senselessness.

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Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0

Image:  Man typing into cell phone,

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Republican Thought Police 0

They are patrolling dis coarse discourse with truncheons raised and gags at the ready

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Unjust Retribution 0

“Vengeance is mine,” saith the Lard.

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QOTD 0

Robert Guillaume, in the voice of Benson DuBois:

You are not the first to abuse authority, Senator, and you certainly won’t be the last. That’s why they were so careful with the Constitution, so that it would work in spite of people like you.

Afterthought:

The Founders were leery of parties, which they referred to as “factions,” which leads to the question:

What happens when an entire faction chooses to ignore the Constitution?

Unfortunately, it looks as if we are finding out.

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And Now for a Change of Pace 0

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

At the Bangor Daily News, Donna M. Loring hears a rhyme that sounds like

    Old Hickory,
    New trickery.

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*Mark Twain

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Contaminating college admissions? Let’s just say that those essays aren’t by Elia.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Farron reports on a voter who got what he voted for.

And now regrets it.

Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

The Secesh are rising again after all these years, but doing so oh so politely.

Jarvis McKenzie was simply waiting for his work ride at 5:30 a.m. on July 24 when a white man fired a rifle over his head and yelled “you better get running, boy!”

Details at the link.

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Republican Family Values 0

Brian Kilmeade apologizes for letting the mask slip saying homeless persons should be executed.

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Republican Thought Police 0

The Trump maladministration to scientists:

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QOTD 0

Samuel Adams:

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

Falsely accused for the sake of clicks and likes.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Driftglass hears a rhyme of an Establishmentarian kind.

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*Mark Twain.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Bubblelicious? Emma talks with Ed Zitro, who thinks the hype is turning into hyperventilation and that the AI bubble is getting ready to burst because it’s not financially sustainable. AI is not providing ROI to its investors because, well, when put to the test, it’s really not “intelligence.”

It doesn’t cogitate; it merely regurgitates.

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The Evidence of Things Seen 0

Donald Trump next to a poster of his letter to Robert Epstein.  Trump says,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another case of politeness on the pavement.

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